Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Books, Listed by Author

CARR, JOHN DICKSON (1906-1977) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Fell and Foul Play (International Polygonics 1-55882-071-X, Jan ’91 [May ’92], $19.95, 383pp, hc) Collection of 15 stories, nine featuring Dr. Gideon Fell, including two previously unpublished wartime radio plays and the first complete reprinting of “The Third Bullet”. Edited with an introduction by Douglas G. Greene. (Contents)
• * *Merrivale, March and Murder (International Polygonics 1-55882-101-5, Sep ’91 [Dec ’91], $22.95, 408pp, hc) Collection of 18 mystery stories, two featuring Sir Henry Merrivale, nine featuring Colonel March and the Department of Queer Complaints, and seven others. Three of the non-series stories have never previously appeared in a Carr collection. There is an introductory note plus an introduction to each section by Douglas G. Greene. (Contents)
• * *13 to the Gallows (with Val Gielgud) (Crippen & Landru 978-1-932009-59-0, Sep 2008, $20.00, 258pp, tp, cover by Deborah Miller) (Contents) [ed: Tony Medawar]

CASMIER, SUSAN B., ed. (chron.)

• * *A Deadly Dozen (with Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia P. Lawrence) (Los Angeles, CA: Uglytown 0-9663473-2-3, Aug 2000, $13.00, 219pp, tp) Original anthology by members of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles. (Contents)

CASTRO, ADAM-TROY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tangled Strings (Five Star 0-7862-5342-8, Aug 2003, $25.95, 363pp, hc) Collection of five stories. (Buy) (Contents)

CAVE, HUGH B(arnett) (1910-2004) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Bottled in Blonde (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-48-8, 2000, $29.00, 241pp, hc) [Peter Kane] Collection of nine pulp detective stories featuring hard-drinking PI Peter Kane. (Contents)
• * *Come Into My Parlor (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-81-1, Feb 2003, $17.00, 215pp, tp, cover by Tom Roberts) Collection of 11 stories from Detective Fiction Weekly. Also in limited hc edition (-81-1). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Long Live the Dead: Tales from Black Mask (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-50-1, 2000, $16.00, 239pp, tp) Collection of 10 stories from Black Mask magazine. (Contents)

CHABON, MICHAEL, ed. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales (Vintage Books 1-4000-3339-X, Feb 2003, $13.95, 479pp, tp) (Buy) (Contents)

CHARTERIS, LESLIE; [born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin] (1907-1993) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The First Saint Omnibus (International Polygonics 1-55882-060-4, Jun ’90, $10.95, 642pp, tp) [Simon Templar] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1939) collection of 13 stories featuring The Saint. (Contents)

CHARYN, JEROME, ed. (1937- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Crime Lover’s Casebook (Signet 0-451-18679-6, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 400pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1993 as The New Mystery) anthology.
• * *The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers’ Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (Dutton 0-525-93516-9, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $24.00, 387pp, hc) Anthology of 42 stories, 16 original, with an introduction by the editor and illustrations by Vidal Centero. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)

CHASE, ELAINE RACO, ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Partners in Crime (Signet 0-451-40504-8, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 269pp, pb) Anthology of 11 original stories featuring pairs of detectives. (Contents)

CHEKHOV, ANTON (Pavlovich) (1860-1904) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Night in the Cemetery and Other Stories of Crime & Suspense (2008, hc) (Contents)

CHESBRO, GEORGE (Clark) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *In the House of Secret Enemies (The Mysterious Press 0-89296-395-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $18.95, 234pp, hc) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Collection of ten early stories featuring Mongo, Chesbro’s dwarf detective, with an introduction by the author. These are superb stories, presented in chronological order and giving an excellent demonstration of the development of a series character. (Contents)

CHESTERTON, G(ilbert) K(eith) (1874-1936) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Father Brown Crime Stories (Avenel 0-517-00182-9, 1990, $9.98, 652pp, hc) [Father Brown] Omnibus of the collections The Innocence of Father Brown (Cassell 1911) and The Wisdom of Father Brown (Cassell 1914). (Contents)
• * +Seven Suspects (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-578-7, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $17.95, 194pp, hc) Collection of seven mystery stories, one previously uncollected, with an introduction by H.R.F. Keating. First American edition (Xanadu 1990). Selected by Marie Smith. (Contents)

CHILD, CHARLES B.; pseudonym of C. Vernon Frost, (1903-1993) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Sleuth of Baghdad (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-75-7, Aug 2002, $17.00, 194pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) [Chafik J. Chafik] Collection of 15 Inspector Chafik stories. Also in hc (-74-9). (Buy) (Contents)

CHILD, LEE, ed.; pseudonym of James D. Grant, (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Killer Year: Stories to Die For...From the Hottest New Crime Writers (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0312374704, Jan 2008, $24.95, 281pp, hc) (Contents)

CHIZMAR, RICHARD T(homas), ed. (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Subterranean Gallery (with William K. Schafer) (Subterranean Press 1-892284-14-6, Sep ’99 [Dec ’99], $50.00, 358pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Original anthology of 20 horror and crime stories, four reprints. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition is also available (-15-4, $150.00). (Contents)

CHRISTIAN, M., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Mammoth Book of Future Cops (with Maxim Jakubowski) See entry under Maxim Jakubowski.

CHRISTIE, AGATHA (Mary Clarissa, née Miller) (1890-1976) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II (Fontana, 1990, pb) [Hercule Poirot] (Contents)
• * *Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection (Avenel 0-517-03750-5, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $11.99, 734pp, hc) Omnibus of five mystery novels: Ten Little Indians (Collins 1939 as Ten Little Niggers), Peril at End House (Collins 1932), The Murder at Hazelmoor (Collins 1931 as The Sittaford Mystery), Easy to Kill (Collins 1939 as Murder Is Easy), and Evil Under the Sun (Collins 1941). This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)

CHURCH, ROBERT, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Anglian Blood (with Martin Edwards) (Rampant Horse Limited 1-898839-09-3, 1995, £5.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Stephen Read) The East Anglian Chapter of the Crime Writers’ Association present an anthology of crime writing. (Contents)

CLARK, MARY HIGGINS (1929- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories (Pocket 0-671-70123-1, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $5.95, 308pp, pb) Reprint (Somon & Schuster 1989) collection of four stories plus the short novel “The Anastasia Syndrome”. (Contents)
• * *The Lottery Winner (Simon & Schuster 0-671-86716-4, 1994, 216pp, hc) [Alvirah Meehan; Willy Meehan] Collection of six Alvirah & Willy stories, two new. (Contents)
• * *Malice Domestic 2: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories [ed Martin H. Greenberg] (Pocket 0-671-73827-5, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.99, 255pp, pb) Anthology of 16 “cozy” mystery stories, with an introduction by Clark. Clark “presents” this volume, which was actually edited by Martin H. Greenberg, whose name appears only in the copyright. (Contents)
• * *My Gal Sunday (Simon & Schuster 0-684-83229-1, 1996, 244pp, hc) [Henry Parker Britland IV; Sunday Britland] Original collection of four stories about ex-president sleuth Henry Parker Britland IV and his wife Sunday. (Contents)

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• * *Bad Behavior (Gulliver 0-15-200178-6, 1995, $10.00, 306pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *The Night Awakens (Pocket 0-671-51918-2, Feb 2000, $6.99, 307pp, pb) Original anthology of 10 stories by members of the Mystery Writers of America. (Contents)
• * *The Plot Thickens (Pocket/Mystery Guild 18784, Nov ’97, $9.98, 257pp, hc) Original anthology of 11 crime stories “presented” by Clark for the orginization Literacy Partners, Inc. (Contents)

CLEMENS, MATTHEW V. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _My Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence (with Max Allan Collins) See entry under Max Allan Collins.

CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE (1835-1910); see pseudonym Mark Twain (stories) (chron.)

COBEN, HARLEN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Death Do Us Part (Back Bay Books 0316012637, Aug 2006, $13.99, 352pp, tp) New stories about love, lust, and murder by the Mystery Writers of America. (Contents)

CODY, LIZA; pseudonym of Liza Nassim, (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Lucky Dip and other stories (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-09-4, Oct 2003, $17.00, 182pp, tp, cover by Juha Lindroos) Collection of 17 stories, three new. Also in limited hc edition (-08-6). (Buy) (Contents)

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• * +1st Culprit (with Michael Z. Lewin) (St. Martin’s 0-312-09238-5, Jul ’93, $18.95, 249pp, hc) Crime Writers’ Association Annual. First American edition (Chatto & Windus 1992). (Contents)
• * +2nd Culprit (with Michael Z. Lewin) (St. Martin’s 0-312-10925-3, Jun ’94, $$21.95, 310pp, hc) Crime Writers’ Association Annual. First American edition (Chatto & Windus 1993). (Contents)
• * _3rd Culprit (with Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey) (Worldwide 0-373-26212-4, Sep ’96, $5.99, 316pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) anthology.
• * *3rd Culprit: An Annual of Crime Stories (with Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey) (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6237-6, 1994 [Mar ’98], £12.99, 263pp, tp) Original crime anthology. (Contents)

COHEN, STANLEY (Irving) (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories (Five Star 0-7862-3935-2, Mar 2002, $24.95, 300pp, hc) Collection of 15 stories. (Buy) (Contents)

COLBY, ROBERT (1916-2006) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Last Witness and Other Stories (Five Star 0-7862-3558-6, Jun 2002, $24.95, 300pp, hc) Collection of a novel and four stories. (Buy) (Contents)

COLEMAN, REED FARREL, ed. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Hardboiled Brooklyn (Bleak House Books 1932557172, May 2006, $15.95, 219pp, tp) (Contents)

COLLINS, BARBARA (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories (with Max Allan Collins) (Five Star 0-7862-3145-9, Apr 2001, $24.95, 174pp, hc) Collection of nine stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense (Five Star 0786228997, Nov 2000, $20.95, 218pp, hc) (Contents)

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• * *Lethal Ladies (with Robert J. Randisi) (Berkley 0-425-15141-7, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 292pp, pb) Anthology of 16 female PI stories, 10 new, from the Private Eye Writers of America. (Contents)

COLLINS, MAX ALLAN (Jr.) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides (Five Star 0-7862-3551-9, Oct 2001, $24.95, 203pp, hc) Collection of six stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Dying in the Post-War World: A Nathan Heller Casebook (Foul Play Press 0-88150-210-3, Oct ’91 [Dec ’91], $19.95, 251pp, hc) [Nate Heller] Collection of six period PI stories featuring investigator Nathan Heller, one original, with a foreword by Ed Gorman. (Contents)
• * *Kisses of Death (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-56-0, Jun 2001, $17.00, 206pp, tp, cover by Gail Cross) [Nate Heller] Collection of seven Nathan Heller stories. Also available in a limited hardcover edition (1-885941-55-2). (Buy) (Contents)
• * _Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories (with Barbara Collins) See entry under Barbara Collins.
• * *My Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence (with Matthew V. Clemens) (Twilight Tales, Inc. 097798561X, Nov 2006, $12.95, 211pp, tp) Collection of nine stories. (Contents) [ed: Tina L. Jens]
• * *Quarry’s Greatest Hits (Five Star 1-59414-061-8, Sep 2003, $25.95, 263pp, hc) [Quary] Collection of three stories and a novel. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Tough Tender (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-774-7, Nov ’91 [Jan ’92], $4.95, 357pp, pb) [Frank Nolan] Omnibus of two Nolan PI novels, Hard Cash (Pinnacle 1981) and Scratch Fever (Pinnacle 1982), with an introduction by the author. (Contents)

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• * _Byline: Mickey Spillane See entry under Mickey Spillane.
• * _A Century of Noir (with Mickey Spillane) See entry under Mickey Spillane.
• * *Dick Tracy: The Secret Files (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor 0-812-51010-0, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 310pp, pb) [Dick Tracy] Original mystery anthology of 16 Dick Tracy stories. (Contents)
• * *Flesh & Blood (with Jeffrey B. Gelb) (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-67777-9, Apr 2001, $12.95, 351pp, tp) Original anthology of 18 erotic crime stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires (with Jeffrey B. Gelb) (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-67858-9, May 2002, $12.95, 365pp, tp) Original anthology of 18 erotic crime stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin (with Jeffrey B. Gelb) (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-69039-2, Apr 2003, $13.95, 366pp, tp) Original anthology of 23 erotic crime stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * _Murder Is My Business (with Mickey Spillane) See entry under Mickey Spillane.
• * _Private Eyes (with Mickey Spillane) See entry under Mickey Spillane.
• * _Vengeance Is Hers (with Martin H. Greenberg & Mickey Spillane) See entry under Mickey Spillane.

COLLINS, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Dennis Lynds, (1924-2005) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Crime, Punishment and Resurrection (Fine, 1992, hc) [Dan Fortune] (Contents)
• * *Fortune’s World (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-46-3, 2000, $16.00, 250pp, tp) [Dan Fortune] Collection of 14 stories featuring one-armed PI Dan Fortune. (Contents)
• * *Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc. (Five Star 0-7862-3932-8, Mar 2002, $25.95, 250pp, hc) Collection of 17 stories. (Buy) (Contents)

COMMINGS, JOSEPH (1913-1992) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Banner Deadlines: The Impossible Crimes of Senator Brooks U. Banner (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-97-8, May 2004, $19.00, 226pp, tp, cover by Deborah Miller) [Sen. Brooks U. Banner] Collection of 14 stories. Also in limited hc edition (-96-X). (Contents) [ed: Robert Adey]

CONNELLY, MICHAEL, ed. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (Houghton Mifflin 0618329668, Oct 2003, $27.50, 352pp, hc) Anthology of 20 mystery stories from 2002. Series editor Otto Penzler. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *The Blue Religion (Little Brown 0316012513, 2008, $24.99, 374pp, hc) Original anthology by the Mystery Writers of America, “new stories about cops, criminals, and the chase. (Contents)
• * *Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation (Tor 0765307391, Mar 2005, $24.95, 352pp, hc) 22 new stories by members of the International Association of Crime Writers. (Contents)

CONNOLLY, JOHN (1968- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Nocturnes (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-83458-7, Oct 2004, £14.99, 401pp, hc) Collection of 15 stories, only one of which seems to be a reprint. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-83459-5) was announced but not seen. (Contents)

COOK, GLEN (Charles) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Garrett Investigates (SFBC #1170607, Oct 2004, $14.99, 982pp, hc, cover by Allan Pollack) [Garrett] Omnibus of three fantasy mysteries featuring Garrett, P.I.: Deadly Quicksilver Lies (1994), Petty Pewter Gods (1995), and Faded Steel Heat (1999). This has ISBN 0-7394-4752-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Garrett, P.I. (SFBC #58514, Aug 2003, $14.99, 673pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) [Garrett] Omnibus of three fantasy mysteries featuring Garrett: Old Tin Sorrows (1989), Dread Brass Shadows (1990), and Red Iron Nights (1991). This has ISBN 0-7394-3608-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

COOPER, JOHN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Detections of Francis Quarles See entry under Julian Symons.

CORRIS, PETER (Robert), ed. (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Menace in the Mulga (Holland Park, Queensland: Crime Writers Queensland 0958541329, 2000, 230pp, pb) (Contents)

COUPE, STUART, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Case Reopened (with Julie Ogden) (Allen & Unwin Australia 1-86373-531-5, 1993, no price, xiii+256pp, tp, cover by Michael Killalea) Anthology of 11 original stories based on true crime cases. [PSP] (Contents)